Days until the Gameboy Advance Classic Series is Released

[Mayhem]

Even better when you have one of these to put them in

[norkusa]

I was just at the local Gamestop today and the guy working there said that Wal-Mart already has the NES SP's on the shelves for sale. Anyone pick theirs up yet? I'd love to see some more pics of it.

[Jasoco]

Walmart.. No.

First the moral reasons.

Second, I don't get a 10% discount at Walmart.

So I'll wait until next week when we get them in.

[NintendoMan]

Walmart.. No.

First the moral reasons.

Second, I don't get a 10% discount at Walmart.

So I'll wait until next week when we get them in.

What moral reasons?

Actually though I never buy anything at Wal-Mart unless I find it on sale, I actually hate that store and never go there unless I absolutely have too.

[NintendoMan]

I was just at the local Gamestop today and the guy working there said that Wal-Mart already has the NES SP's on the shelves for sale. Anyone pick theirs up yet? I'd love to see some more pics of it.

I am not saying that isn't true, that they aren't released yet, but the OFFICIAL date for them all to be released is June 7. I personally don't think there out yet, mostly in part because the babbages I reserve my games at ALWAYS gets my stuff in at least 2 days before most stores and they don't have it in yet.
But who knows?

[NintendoMan]

I think it would've been cool if the Zelda release was gold like the original NES one (yeah, even though the GBA carts are tiny). I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

Aw man, that would be the shit if nintendo released the zelda in a GOLD cartridge. I would probably buy like 2-3 of them!!!!

[NintendoMan]

I don't know. I might have grabbed these if they were miniaturized versions of the originals, like in Japan. As it is, they use crappy (and often inaccurate, look at Zelda) art on a standard GBA box. There is nothing appealing about these to me.

Yeah, the Zelda box art needs the most work. i don't get that. But, in my opionion of course, I really don't think that the famicon version boxes are that much better. Of course they are better, but just not that much too me.

[Dangerboy]

Hey guys, just got word from my coworker that EB will be getting their shipments in Thursday and Friday, ahead of schedule. Yay!

And I agree on the box art....was it that hard to make them as close to the original as possible? I woudl have killed to have seen the GBA box have the window with a gold Zelda peeking out, like the NES original release.

Jason

[Jasoco]

I think they made the Zelda box black to match the rest, but I think it sucks. Though, a gold cart would totally make up for it.

I wonder what the color of the carts will actually be. Anyone buy one yet at Wally-World like someone mentioned?

I know as soon as I buy my first cart, I will be doing a comparison on my site. With the Japanese SMB and the US SMB.

[Jasoco]

What moral reasons?

I'm sure someone will explain it to ya.

[NintendoMan]

Hey guys, just got word from my coworker that EB will be getting their shipments in Thursday and Friday, ahead of schedule. Yay!

And I agree on the box art....was it that hard to make them as close to the original as possible? I woudl have killed to have seen the GBA box have the window with a gold Zelda peeking out, like the NES original release.

Jason

No way!! AWESOME!!
OH, I didn't even think about having the little window with a part of the zelda cartridge peeking out. It just makes me drool thinking about it!

[NintendoMan]

What moral reasons?

I'm sure someone will explain it to ya.

Please do explain! I need to know!

[norkusa]

I am not saying that isn't true, that they aren't released yet, but the OFFICIAL date for them all to be released is June 7. I personally don't think there out yet, mostly in part because the babbages I reserve my games at ALWAYS gets my stuff in at least 2 days before most stores and they don't have it in yet.
But who knows?

I know the OFFICIAL date was June 7th, but the guy told me something about how Nintendo decided to bump the date up. I didn't believe him at first, but then he checked the computer and it said that they've already been shipped out from the main warehouse or whatever, so my pre-order should be in a couple days. I almost went across the street to check if they were in at Wal-Mart, but like Jasoco, moral reasons prevent me from doing so.

[tholly]

Even better when you have one of these to put them in

I WANT THAT.......NOW!!!!!!!!!!

that set looks amazing.....any more info on it?? where do you get those binder type things?

[Jasoco]

They were made available to the lucky Japanese people with the empty wallets who bought the entire set of 10 games so they had something to display them in. See, Japan sells them to collectors, NOA is selling them to gamers. But it's the collectors who actually want them. And we want them done right! I want cool packaging too!!

[Cobra Commander]

Well Wal-Mart already has them for sale. I couldn't believe my eyes. I bought Zelda tonight, and my friend bought Donkey Kong. I get paid tomorrow, so I'm going to put the other 7 games plus the Gameboy on layaway. I also get an employee discount so....yay me.

[dojosky]

you beat me to the post lol today at wal-mart here in sacramento california i went there with my daughter at approx 4 pm today june 2 2004 and saw the classic games there already the titles are excitebike,zelda,xevious,ice climber,donkey kong thats only the ones i remember seeing and they're $19.82 each I already reserved one nes style gba sp so will pick it up when it comes out

[Mayhem]

They were made available to the lucky Japanese people with the empty wallets who bought the entire set of 10 games so they had something to display them in. See, Japan sells them to collectors, NOA is selling them to gamers. But it's the collectors who actually want them. And we want them done right! I want cool packaging too!!

On top of that, you could only get it through the Mario Club in Japan (the Japanese equivalent of the Stars catalog in Europe) once you'd registered all ten games with the site. I'll take a pick of the sleeve for it, it's got pixelated characters on it from all 10 games in that first set. Very cool. Very limited. I wonder if they will do a similar thing for the second set that's just come out.

[Jasoco]

To the people who now have them. Well? What do they look like?

What color are the carts? Please don't say they're normal color, (Dark greyish/black) that would be another nail in the head. They should at least be distinct. The Famicom ons are the distinct Red/White-cream color the Famicom was. The NES games should either be the Cart grey, or two shades of grey like the NES was. Please, Nintendo, don't let me down.

[Crosses fingers. Hopes someone hasn't bought them to keep them sealed.]

[Daria]

To the people who now have them. Well? What do they look like?

What color are the carts? Please don't say they're normal color, (Dark greyish/black) that would be another nail in the head. They should at least be distinct. The Famicom ons are the distinct Red/White-cream color the Famicom was. The NES games should either be the Cart grey, or two shades of grey like the NES was. Please, Nintendo, don't let me down.

[Crosses fingers. Hopes someone hasn't bought them to keep them sealed.]

I hadn't thought of cartridge grey for the other games, I was too busy praying that Zelda would be gold.

*crosses fingers with Jasoco*